The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the leading industry association for the blockchain technology ecosystem, will host its 4th annual Blockchain Central UNGA, convening leaders in technology, government, academia, and policy for a variety of programming and networking focused on the role of technology and community in accelerating progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
SDG 1: POVERTY
Business Fights Poverty Global Goals Summit
The 2021 SDGs Report shows the deep impact the pandemic has had on the gains made towards the SDGs. At the same time, with the COP26 climate summit imminent, it is clear we need to put people at the centre of our strategies to tackle climate change. To coincide with UNGA, join us to explore the role business can and must play in partnership to ensure we accelerate progress towards the equitable and resilient future envisioned in the SDGs. Register for FREE with promo code GGWSDGS21.
JCI RISE Day
JCI RISE Day is a full day dedicated to highlighting the work that has been done under JCI’s COVID response initiative, JCI RISE (Rebuild, Invest, Sustain, Evolve), and the SDGs that it addresses.
This day will feature mass promotion of the success of JCI RISE and encourage JCI members to continue the initiative to further the SDGs & continue our multi-lateral COVID response approach. In addition, we will have a full day of fun, interactive social media activities to promote engagement.
Devex @ UNGA 76
Coinciding with the 76th annual United Nations General Assembly, Devex will convene U.N. agency heads, government leaders, development practitioners, and private sector actors to discuss the most effective ways to build back better. Over three days of programming and a number of ecosystem events, our reporting team will ask the tough questions and take you inside the most important conversations driving the agenda.
The Build Change Guide to Resilient Housing: An Essential Handbook for Governments and Practitioners
Join us for the launch of the Build Change Guide to Resilient Housing: An Essential Handbook for Governments and Practitioners, which captures key lessons learned and provides governments, funders and practitioners worldwide with the tools they need to carry out successful resilient housing programs at scale.
During this event, experts in housing will share insights and reflections on strengthening housing systems and what the global housing community can do to ensure safer housing for all.
Global Week to #Act4SDGs
The Global Week to #Act4SDGs (17-28 September) aims to drive collective action, mobilizing key stakeholders from all sectors to drive change while reminding world leaders that people around the world are doing their part to accelerate progress on the SDGs.
International Conference on Sustainable Development
The International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) provides a forum for academia, government, civil society, UN agencies, and the private sector to come together to share practical solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2 day event will feature over 450 academic presentations and several keynote speeches from key leaders such as heads of states and UN officials.
Covid, Climate and Cooperation: What Will It Take to Fix Our Fractured World?
Ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, political, business, and civil society leaders face new urgency and rising demand to show common purpose and deliver solutions at scale. The Financial Times, in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, is delighted to host this strategic preview of the UN General Assembly bringing together diverse and insightful speakers to discuss what to expect, what’s at stake, and why it matters to you.
The Youth SDG Summit
As a part of Global Goals Week, UNITE 2030 is organizing the Youth SDG Summit from September 22 – 24, 2021.
The Youth SDG Summit convenes the brightest talent from every country and sector, working to accelerate social impact and the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, all from your home! 🏠
Throughout the Summit, attendees from 100+ countries are supported by influential political, business and humanitarian leaders, amongst many other global figures.
UNITAR Asia Pacific Day 2021
UNITAR, in collaboration with KIDsforSDGs, will host a public Global Goals Week event to celebrate the launch of the inaugural UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Programme.
The seminar will comprise of panel discussions:
Panel 1: Accelerating Youth Changemaking through the United Nations SDGs
Panel 2: Scaling Student Agency: Asia’s Best-In-Class Case Studies
Panel 3: Defining Youth Ambassadorship: Building Next-Generation Leaders
+ Youth Panel and SDG Showcase.
UN Food Systems Summit
The UN Food Systems Summit will take place on Thursday, September 23, 2021, and will serve as a historic opportunity to empower all people to leverage the power of food systems to drive our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and get us back on track to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Over the past 18 months, the Summit has brought together all UN Member States and constituencies around the world – including thousands of youth, food producers, Indigenous Peoples, civil society, researchers, private sector, and the UN system – to bring about tangible, positive changes to the world’s food systems. As a people’s summit and a solutions summit, it has recognized that everyone, everywhere must take action and work together to transform the way the world produces, consumes, and thinks about food.
2021 YOUNGA Forum
The YOUNGA Forum is a pioneering annual global youth takeover event uniting young people with decision-makers using VR/XR technologies to co-create solutions for a more inclusive, sustainable world during the United Nations Decade of Action. Through an inclusive, forward-looking youth-driven dialogue, YOUNGA amplifies the youth voice, creating a global interactive and participatory platform for the hopes, concerns and ideas of young people to be seen and heard by the world’s top decision-makers.
Global Week to #Act4SDGs – Latin America & The Caribbean
For the sixth consecutive year, MY World México is co-hosting the Global Week to #Act4SDGs (17-28 September) for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Global Week aims to drive collective action, mobilizing key stakeholders from all sectors to drive change while reminding world leaders that people around the world are doing their part to accelerate progress on the SDGs. Held during the high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly, this year’s mobilization will also drive action around the Food Systems Summit, pre-COP in Milan, and keep up momentum in the lead up to COP 26 in Glasgow.
UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Program Launch
United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) and KIDsforSDGs will jointly launch the inaugural UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Program on Sept 25, 2021.
The 10-week programme empowers high school students to help our world build back better, greener, and stronger through a STEMxSDG Approach.
The Program advocates for youth entrepreneurship, both for-profit and not-for-profit, through the 6Ps Approach: Power, Purpose, Partnership, Playfulness, Publicity and Profit!
2021 SDG Investment Fair
The September edition of the SDG Investment Fair will connect private investors with projects that support SDG implementation in developing countries. Select countries will present investment-ready projects to a pool of participating investors. These include members of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance, other institutional investors, infrastructure investors, international financial institutions, and development banks.
8th United Nations Global Forum on Gender Statistics
With the theme “Building forward fairer with gender data at the centre”, featuring a star line-up of panelists, the event will discuss how gender equality and the production of gender statistics have changed in the aftermath of the pandemic and why. The two-day Forum will focus on ways to improve data and evidence for gender policies, reflecting on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all aspects of women’s and men’s lives, and what it means for the future of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Caminata de la Solidaridad 2021
En el 2021 seguimos ayudando con fuerza solidaria a quienes más lo necesitan. Del 6 al 12 de septiembre, podrás disfrutar de 200 contenidos exclusivos en nuestra plataforma virtual con diferentes temáticas: Infantil, Bienestar, Entretenimiento, Cultural y Nuestra Fundación.
Desde hace 43 años la Caminata de Solidaridad por Colombia se ha convertido en un símbolo del país; es el cuarto evento más importante en Latinoamérica, contando con millones de asistentes cada año. En esta versión continuará su marcha con la presentación de importantes artistas como Pipe Peláez, Gusi, Flora Martínez, Juan Se Quintero y muchos más que se unirán a nuestra fuerza solidaria en las cuatro tarimas que tendremos el próximo 12 de septiembre en el Teatro Cafam, El Parque el Tunal, el Parque Nacional y el Centro Comercial Nuestro Bogotá.
Global Citizen Live
On 25 September, 2021, Global Citizen will embark on our largest event yet: 24 hours of non-stop content, with live festivals set to take place in New York, Paris, Dubai, Seoul, and pre-recorded content spanning across 50 locations, from Africa to Latin America and beyond. Global Citizen Live will bring together world leaders, artists and champions from public and private sectors and philanthropy. This monumental event marks the next step of our Recovery Plan for the World campaign.
Sustainable Development Impact Summit
For over a year, countries have struggled to address a pandemic that respects no borders, destroys lives and livelihoods, and deepens pre-existing global challenges like inequality, climate change and education. With less than a decade left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, the fully virtual Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2021, hosted alongside the United Nations General Assembly, will bring together global leaders from diverse sectors, disciplines and geographies. Ensuring the world exits the pandemic stronger than it entered it will only be possible if leaders work together across sectors and borders to share and deploy know-how, innovation and promising approaches and accelerate the recovery.
Local Food System Solutions for Building Back Better: Lessons from the Global South
Following the UN Food Systems Summit and leading up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), Southern Voice, the United Nations Foundation (UNF), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will host a discussion on the value of resilient local food systems in building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and in the face of climate shocks.